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wasn't the poketransfer free... but you have to pay for the bank so it is free to transfer your pokemon with the gen 5 game with the transfer but you need the pokemon bank anyways to acess the pokemon you just transfered with your gen 6 so it is still not free to transfer pokemon or what? I'm confused...
but I will definetly pay for it if it's not free... must complete pokedex...

The transferring is free, but it transfers not from game to game but from Gen V to Bank, which in turn can be put into Gen VI, thus making the Bank still required. That's my understanding of it, anyway.

Can't believe they've been working on this for 5 years! Hopefully all they're hard work pays off. They've been working on it through the entirety of Generation V and most of Generation IV.

I can't believe it as well. From a practical standpoint that is.. Did they foresee the DS/3DS-connectivity issues FIVE years ago??? When the 3DS only started development FOUR years ago? Sometimes these guys make me laugh with their impossible hyping..

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I am particularly interested in these:
1-Will this service get some sort of update, seeing how both My Pokémon Ranch and Dream World both were updated with the release of the new games, Platinum and Black 2/White 2 respectively, even though MPR was developed by a different company? The answer for future generations is obviously "duh" and obviously there will be updates for generational forme changes, but I'm strictly talking about storage and stats(such as the stats for side-quests).
2-Will this effectively ensure permanent storage for all future titles? Iwata and Ishihara pretty much outright stated as such, but will this affect the previous consoles or will they exclude consoles of the previous generations(as they have disabled Gen IV titles' and DS's connectivity)?

Either way, I find this to be quite revolutionary, but I imagine it would be more revolutionary if we could use this as a pseudo-GTS, from trading to displaying Pokémon(and if possible, exploiting a cloning glitch during the transfer between Pokémon Bank and the games), which would help to decrease or eliminate the amount of impossible requests clogging GTS.

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I also read from the bulbagarden thread about the movie that Zorua impersonates Dawn and tries to show Dawn's butt to Ash. Fanservice, foreshadowing?

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This show is called Pokemon, not Pochaman.. although that sounds almost the same..

wasn't the poketransfer free... but you have to pay for the bank so it is free to transfer your pokemon with the gen 5 game with the transfer but you need the pokemon bank anyways to acess the pokemon you just transfered with your gen 6 so it is still not free to transfer pokemon or what? I'm confused...
but I will definetly pay for it if it's not free... must complete pokedex...

It's free to transfer your Pokemon yes, but the Poke transfer only works from Pokemon Bank. It's only $5 a year which saves you so much money instead of having to buy another 3DS.
Just some quick math a 2DS costs $130
130 / 5= 26
That means it'll take 26 years of annual fee in order for it to cost as much as a 2DS, and 32 for a 3DS, and 40 for an XL.

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I can't believe it as well. From a practical standpoint that is.. Did they foresee the DS/3DS-connectivity issues FIVE years ago??? When the 3DS only started development FOUR years ago? Sometimes these guys make me laugh with their impossible hyping..

I thought they were talking about having wanted a cloud-based service for over five years, not that they foresaw this issue. It would still be a nice idea even if transferring were otherwise possible.

It's free to transfer your Pokemon yes, but the Poke transfer only works from Pokemon Bank. It's only $5 a year which saves you so much money instead of having to buy another 3DS.
Just some quick math a 2DS costs $130
130 / 5= 26
That means it'll take 26 years of annual fee in order for it to cost as much as a 2DS, and 32 for a 3DS, and 40 for an XL.

yeah but I'd just use my brothers 3ds when I needed to transfer so it would cost me nothing if that were the case XD still as said 5$ a year is still incredibly cheap

My issue is not the price itself, but rather the "hacked" aspect of it.

Being a college student and all, I barely have enough time to optimize all of my Pokemon quickly and efficiently. I use these devices only after I beat the game (using legal hacks such as modifiers, IVs, etc., no illegal crap), never to beat, so that I can play to my heart's content, bonding with my Pokemon.

If what is being said is true, then I will really miss the Pokemon that have helped me win in friendlies with some of my friends on other sites (Smogon, etc.). Is there any other way?

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Someone brought up the idea of a paid service being used to allow transferring before, and I honestly couldn't see that happening. I'm very surprised that this actually happened, though I'm not sure if I mean that in a good or bad way.

It definitely shows that GF has been looking into more efficient methods of transfer, and I do like how they describe the actual transferring. No more annoying mini-game, but the $5 yearly fee is a different thing. I don't exactly mind that it's $5, because that's ridiculously cheap, but getting exactly that much money for my eShop funds is going to be annoying. I will probably end up using it for more than just the free trial, because of my shiny hunting exploits. But I'm going to abuse that free trial as much as possible so that I can finish the National Dex.

If you mean still possible to transfer up to Gen V, then sure, knock yourself out. From Gen V to Gen VI without Bank, though? Doesn't look like it.

that would be horrible for people that dont want the bank, to be forced into using it or it would mean the loss of all your previous pokemon :S i would prefer the old way and just have more storages in the game itself!

that would be horrible for people that dont want the bank, to be forced into using it or it would mean the loss of all your previous pokemon :S i would prefer the old way and just have more storages in the game itself!

Eh, at worst I'd call it a necessary evil. Before now there were people who lost those Pokemon because they either had nobody to trade with or didn't have/couldn't afford a second system to trade with. The only difference is that the people being inconvenienced now are the ones who were prepared before.

My issue is not the price itself, but rather the "hacked" aspect of it.

Being a college student and all, I barely have enough time to optimize all of my Pokemon quickly and efficiently. I use these devices only after I beat the game (using legal hacks such as modifiers, IVs, etc., no illegal crap), never to beat, so that I can play to my heart's content, bonding with my Pokemon.

If what is being said is true, then I will really miss the Pokemon that have helped me win in friendlies with some of my friends on other sites (Smogon, etc.). Is there any other way?

To Me the Pokemon Bank is a good idea. Did I wish it cost nothing sure but $5.00 isn't too bad especially since its only once a year. Like with me I have Pokemon I caught for Pokedex reasons and then onces I might starting using for battles. With this I can all Pokemon just for collection sake and then have ones that I have bred and trained for Wifi Battles. And Shinies too. I could use the 3000 Capacity really easy.

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That is good that there are others. I do agree that completely illegal Pokemon should be filtered out, but completely legal ones in terms of stats and such? I'd prefer not. At least make legal "hacks" unusable in competitions, but usable in-game (that's all I really care about anyways). It really creates uncertainty for those kinds of players that don't have enough time to show off the fearsome, yet loved companions. Not all hackers treat their Pokemon like trash. I really love my Pokemon (if this holds up, I will miss you dearly, Empoleon...my faithful partner).

That is good that there are others. I do agree that completely illegal Pokemon should be filtered out, but completely legal ones in terms of stats and such? I'd prefer not. At least make legal "hacks" unusable in competitions, but usable in-game (that's all I really care about anyways). It really creates uncertainty for those kinds of players that don't have enough time to show off the fearsome, yet loved companions. Not all hackers treat their Pokemon like trash. I really love my Pokemon (if this holds up, I will miss you dearly, Empoleon...my faithful partner).

I'm so glad they found a way to let us transfer old Pokemon into our games, and the fee isn't so bad lets hope little kids parents dont complain :P.

And those hackers better not find a way to get through it.... hopefully

Hopefully there is like a month of a free trial. I'm not really planning on bringing much Pokemon over to my Y, just all Pokemon I have breeded from my teams of White 2 and the event legendaries we are having currently.

I don't think Poke Transporter is something you pay for. It is linked to Poke Bank, yes, but due to the communication issues that GF presented during E3 between DS/DSi and 3DS, this was the alternative for transferring. I do believe the system will be able to tell the difference by some means to determine between a transfer and general cloud storage, hence even though the apps are related, they are still separate entities. The Poke Transporter has to access the Bank for the transfer, yes, but that is for lack of direct communication with the 3DS otherwise. Also, this will be helpful to those with only one system.

Does anyone know when the Pokebank and transfer app are going to be released. Somewhere it said Japan in December. Do other countries get it then too or are we going to have to wait this time around.

December 25 for Japan & December 27 for Europe. No word on a North American release date. Japan is getting a free trial until January 31, though no word if other countries get this. (If we did, there'd be no point in complaining because it shouldn't take a month to transfer all the Pokémon you want from BW & B2W2 to XY).